RGP-8 was issued in 2009 by the Fort Worth District and applies to the Fort Worth and and Albequerque Districts. It is is for maintenance and construction of boat ramps and minor facilities that cause a minimum adverse effect to the aquatic environment (that is key) and it expires this August.

Lake Texoma is in the Tulsa District. The information you just posted was from a public notice issued by the Fort Worth District in 2011 intended to offer information about permits that can be used for dredging and excavation activities during low water drought conditions in Texas. The Tulsa district has four general permits and they do not concern boat ramps.

It is all my fault, I bought a lakefront lot on Texoma, it will probably dry up now.

The last I heard is the Corp is working on the gates and plan on bringing the lake levels down to 590. The information came from Lighthouse Marina operators. It may get tough to launch at that level.

Kind of like the thoughts of no access though....I enjoy having my own 88,000 acre lake!

I say fix your ramps.....try to get a permit from the corp and you might be ready to go by 2019! Good info gentlemen, this Facebook page has nothing to do with accuracy. Glad folks are interested in protecting the lake though, good to see some activism!

Kind of like the thoughts of no access though....I enjoy having my own 88,000 acre lake!

It's amazing how much misinformation is being passed along right now....here are some simple facts:

1. The corps has no control on the current water level of lake texoma. Full control belongs to power company. (If you don't believe me, call the corps office at the dam and ask them yourself. They are more than willing to tell you this simple fact)

2. The true meaning on this 590 elevation scare is that the power company has the authority to pull water out of texoma for generation purposes until lake reaches 590. They have had this power for a long time and have never come close to doing so!

3. The new gas plant in sherman will use zero water from texoma. Lake texoma association meeting last week confirmed this.

4. The 8 foot pipe for water purposes is nothing to worry about. This pipe is literally " a drop in the bucket". Here's the facts...if you ran the pipe 24 hrs a day for 365 days, the pipe would draw out about as much water as full generation for 3 days! In a full year, the pipe can draw down the lake maybe a foot or less, compared to power generation discharge, this is a non-issue.

5. The power company has the authority to pump 3 feet of water/month and no more than 1 foot/week.

6. There is no "plan" for this lake in regard to water level. We know the corps has no control, and the power company simply pumps water out as needed to make money. They will be the first to tell you there isn't a planned water level they are trying to pump the water down to.

hope this helps

I had read on the forun a few weeks ago that they were going to start pumping to DFW again after having to repair a pipeline. I know I came across Lavon Saturday evening @ 380 and the creek bed on the east side of the lake that the water from Cooper runs in to was almost high and dry with no water flow what so ever so I am pretty sure they have turned the pumps off to Cooper for the time being........